Educational Outreach: Secondary (High) Schools and Universities
Feedback from the students of Worthington Kilbourne High School, Columbus, Ohio - September 28, 2006

Student -
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Summary:

Anthony Marr is an activist working to help save our planet and the
animals that live on it. He founded an organization called Heal Our
Planet Earth (HOPE) and works in many countries, in this case, India. He
gave our class some shocking information about tigers, the environment
and other endangered species.

Anthony Marr believes that the tiger is one of the most revered
animals on the planet. He said, "If we canít save even the tiger, Iím
not sure what we can save."

The planet loses dozens of species every day.

India loses 6 billion tons of fertile soil each year from
deforestation, overgrazing and the monsoon.

The illegal global wildlife trade is second only to the illegal drug
trade, involving 10 billion dollars a year.

Opinion:

I thoroughly enjoyed Anthony Marrís presentation. His slides were very
interesting and very well put together. Each slide was more than a
picture; it was an interesting fact or story that she shred with us. He
was a great speaker and kept me interested the whole time.

In answer to a question, Mr. Marr told us that he was a vegan. Although I
am not a vegan or vegetarian, I donít eat a lot of meat. My mom always
buys me veggie patties, burgers and hotdogs. I have always considered
becoming a vegetarian, but I know it would be very hard to do.

Anthony Marrís presentation left me with a lot of shocking numbers,
statistics and facts. It is so sad to see beautiful animals disappearing
from our planet. His presentation made me think a lot more about the
things that I should be doing to try and help our planet. I know that I do
my own small part, but there is definitely more I could do. I agree with
everything Mr. Marr was saying. We take our planet and the beautiful
creature on it for granted.